Arab and Muslim American artists form a counterpublic unsettling mainstream representations

Evidence

Arab and Muslim Americans are also producing creative work to challenge stereotypes and hegemonic meanings about Arabs and Muslims after 9/11. Similar to the “vibrant black public spheres” that Herman Gray has described, “whose cultural transactions unsettle and challenge traditional representations and meanings of blackness,” Arab and Muslim American artists and writers are articulating new possibilities for representing Arab and Muslim identities. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 1394

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the concept of ‘counterpublics’/‘vibrant public spheres’ as a framework later used to structure the book’s analysis of post-9/11 cultural production.
• XREF: Herman Gray’s ‘vibrant black public spheres’ concept parallels Warner’s counterpublics and Fraser’s subaltern counterpublics. — connects to: Anti-racist Muslim American writing draws censorship while imperial apologia is celebrated — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 703